L&R Distributors recently contracted J.G. Petrucci Company Inc. to complete the design/build development of a state-of-the-art warehousing facility at 11 Engelhard Drive, Monroe.
The Oct. 13 groundbreaking signaled the beginning of construction of the new 130,000-square-foot, 36-foot-high facility, situated on 8.7 acres of land off of Exit 8A of the New Jersey Turnpike.
The move is expected to create up to 50 construction jobs between all trades. Once running, the new facility will create almost 100 full-time jobs in warehousing operations.
The facility will enable the company to run all of its operations under one roof, condensing the company’s two separate Northeast warehousing centers into a single, full-scale distribution center.
In addition, L&R Distributors operates multiple distribution centers in both Pine Bluff, Arkansas, and Rancho Cucamonga, California.